A woman from India is thanking her doctors after they removed a live cockroach that had climbed into her nose.

The woman identified, only as Selvi, tells the Indian Express she felt something crawl on her face while she was half-asleep and thought she had brushed it away.

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The next morning, Selvi says she knew something was wrong.

“I could not explain the feeling, but I was sure it was some insect. There was a tingling, crawling sensation. Whenever it moved, it gave me a burning sensation in my eyes,” she said.

The Express reports doctors performed a nasal endoscopy and discovered the cockroach on Selvi’s skull, between her eyes.

Doctors told the Times of India a suction apparatus was needed to remove the insect because it was clinging to tissue inside the body. After 45 minutes, the team was able to pull the entire cockroach out.

Selvi is lucky to have gone to the hospital. Doctors say if the cockroach remained inside her head, it could have caused damage to her brain.

“It was sitting in the skull base, between the two eyes, close to the brain. If left inside, it would have died before long and the patient would have developed infection which would have spread to the brain,” said Dr. M.N. Shankar.

There is no word on what became of the cockroach, but hopefully it will no longer sniff out trouble in another person's nose.